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DJ Hairy Larry Presents John T. Parks Playing Life
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-04-14
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a little philosophy from a fine Arkansas songwriter.
One of the benefits of volunteering to work at KASU and recording for Something Blue is that I get to meet so many great musicians. That’s how I met John Parks, recording him at KASU live events. And there’s been quite a few of them. I can even say that over the years we’ve become friends in music, one of the best kind of friends that you can have.
On November 11, 2014, KASU booked John T. Parks to play at the KASU Coffeehouse held at the Arts@311 in downtown Jonesboro. He played solo, standing there singing while accompanying himself on a 6 string guitar. I love duets, trios, and bands, and I’ve recorded John in all of these configurations. But there’s just something powerful about a solo performance.
Especially when the performer is playing all original songs. The truth rings clear from a single voice, words and music written by the singer.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-04-14
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a little philosophy from a fine Arkansas songwriter.
One of the benefits of volunteering to work at KASU and recording for Something Blue is that I get to meet so many great musicians. That’s how I met John Parks, recording him at KASU live events. And there’s been quite a few of them. I can even say that over the years we’ve become friends in music, one of the best kind of friends that you can have.
On November 11, 2014, KASU booked John T. Parks to play at the KASU Coffeehouse held at the Arts@311 in downtown Jonesboro. He played solo, standing there singing while accompanying himself on a 6 string guitar. I love duets, trios, and bands, and I’ve recorded John in all of these configurations. But there’s just something powerful about a solo performance.
Especially when the performer is playing all original songs. The truth rings clear from a single voice, words and music written by the singer.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents NJHB Playing Colossus
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-31
Thanks Marty, Today we’re going to hear a radio edit of one of NJHB’s most played songs.
NJHB had their first recording session at HairyLarryLand on December 29, 2012. From that session we released our first album, “Circular Logic” that included my song “Colossus”.
In 2013 we were the New Jazz House Band playing once a month at TheArts@311 in downtown Jonesboro. Every month the personnel varied and every month we released another album.
On February 2, 2012, we recorded the album “Colossus”, with the cover art showing the Colossus Of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Then on July 6, 2013, we recorded our most accessible album, “Cookin’ For Piper” and we closed the show with “Colossus”.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-31
Thanks Marty, Today we’re going to hear a radio edit of one of NJHB’s most played songs.
NJHB had their first recording session at HairyLarryLand on December 29, 2012. From that session we released our first album, “Circular Logic” that included my song “Colossus”.
In 2013 we were the New Jazz House Band playing once a month at TheArts@311 in downtown Jonesboro. Every month the personnel varied and every month we released another album.
On February 2, 2012, we recorded the album “Colossus”, with the cover art showing the Colossus Of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Then on July 6, 2013, we recorded our most accessible album, “Cookin’ For Piper” and we closed the show with “Colossus”.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Cottonmouth Playing July You’re A Woman
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-17
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear some southern rock from a band that was big in Arkansas in the seventies.
Sometimes I look around for just the right music to play on From The Archives Of Something Blue. And sometimes the music comes to me.
Andy Fulkerson got in touch with KASU with some songs recorded in 1982 and Marty Scarbrough knew immediately that I would be interested. So, thanks to Andy for working with me filling in the details and bringing the Cottonmouth story to life.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-17
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear some southern rock from a band that was big in Arkansas in the seventies.
Sometimes I look around for just the right music to play on From The Archives Of Something Blue. And sometimes the music comes to me.
Andy Fulkerson got in touch with KASU with some songs recorded in 1982 and Marty Scarbrough knew immediately that I would be interested. So, thanks to Andy for working with me filling in the details and bringing the Cottonmouth story to life.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Michael Ward Playing An Aperitif
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-10
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an uptempo jazz standard performed by ASU students in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
I met Michael Ward at the Delta Jazz Workshop when he was in high school. I was immediately impressed with his tenor sax playing and his improvisational approach. When he started at ASU he played with me in the Jazz Recital Band. And then, after the pandemic, he played with Bebop Beatniks on the twitch porch. I’ll post links to these performances on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Then there I was reading the Monday Morning Music Memo and what do you know. It’s Michael Ward’s Senior Jazz Recital. I just had to go.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-10
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an uptempo jazz standard performed by ASU students in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
I met Michael Ward at the Delta Jazz Workshop when he was in high school. I was immediately impressed with his tenor sax playing and his improvisational approach. When he started at ASU he played with me in the Jazz Recital Band. And then, after the pandemic, he played with Bebop Beatniks on the twitch porch. I’ll post links to these performances on the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Then there I was reading the Monday Morning Music Memo and what do you know. It’s Michael Ward’s Senior Jazz Recital. I just had to go.
Michael Ward
Senior Jazz Recital
December 3, 2013
Arkansas State University Fine Arts Recital Hall
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Songs
01 JLW
02 Body And Soul
03 An Aperitif
04 Biff
05 Stablemates
06 Una Mas
JLW by Michael Ward
See program for personnel
Links
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Michael Ward Playing An Aperitif
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-10
https://sbblues.com/2024/03/10/dj-hairy-larry-presents-michael-ward-playing-an-aperitif/
Michael Ward Senior Recital 2023-12-03
Something Blue Archives
https://archive.org/details/mw2023-12-03
Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
The Woodshed Live at The Fowler Center at Arkansas State University on 2019-07-12
https://archive.org/details/hl2019-07-12
Bebop Beatniks on the Twitch Porch recorded on May 16, 2022.
https://archive.org/details/hl2022-05-16
Senior Jazz Recital
December 3, 2013
Arkansas State University Fine Arts Recital Hall
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Songs
01 JLW
02 Body And Soul
03 An Aperitif
04 Biff
05 Stablemates
06 Una Mas
JLW by Michael Ward
See program for personnel
Links
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Michael Ward Playing An Aperitif
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-03-10
https://sbblues.com/2024/03/10/dj-hairy-larry-presents-michael-ward-playing-an-aperitif/
Michael Ward Senior Recital 2023-12-03
Something Blue Archives
https://archive.org/details/mw2023-12-03
Something Blue Archives - List Of Concerts
https://archive.org/details/somethingbluearchives?sort=-publicdate
The Woodshed Live at The Fowler Center at Arkansas State University on 2019-07-12
https://archive.org/details/hl2019-07-12
Bebop Beatniks on the Twitch Porch recorded on May 16, 2022.
https://archive.org/details/hl2022-05-16
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear a tenor sax rendition of a jazz standard recorded at KASU Jazz Thursday.
Giant Steps was a jazz combo featuring some of Jonesboro’s finest jazz musicians. The core group had Craig Baker, trumpet; Joy Sanford, piano; Tom Mason, bass; and Mike Overall, drums. Formerly known as Nightlife they played standards and they were a good dance band.
When they played for us at Jazz Thursday they brought Mike McGowan, a former resident of Jonesboro now living in Texas. As you will hear he’s fantastic on tenor sax.
Giant Steps was a jazz combo featuring some of Jonesboro’s finest jazz musicians. The core group had Craig Baker, trumpet; Joy Sanford, piano; Tom Mason, bass; and Mike Overall, drums. Formerly known as Nightlife they played standards and they were a good dance band.
When they played for us at Jazz Thursday they brought Mike McGowan, a former resident of Jonesboro now living in Texas. As you will hear he’s fantastic on tenor sax.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Hairy Larry Playing Freddy’s Blues
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-25
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear a livestream version of one of my most popular songs.
During the pandemic I would livestream on Twitch. I called my channel, Hairy Larry Practicing Piano and that’s exactly what I did. I practiced my repertoire of original songs using iRealPro backing tracks as my metronome.
I licensed all of these audio and video recordings Creative Commons Attribution. What exactly does that mean?
It means that if you want to use one of these songs in your project whether it’s a movie, a game, multimedia, or whatever you have permission to do that as long as the song is attributed correctly with the magic words, Freddy’s Blues by Larry Heyl or Freddy’s Blues by Hairy Larry.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-25
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear a livestream version of one of my most popular songs.
During the pandemic I would livestream on Twitch. I called my channel, Hairy Larry Practicing Piano and that’s exactly what I did. I practiced my repertoire of original songs using iRealPro backing tracks as my metronome.
I licensed all of these audio and video recordings Creative Commons Attribution. What exactly does that mean?
It means that if you want to use one of these songs in your project whether it’s a movie, a game, multimedia, or whatever you have permission to do that as long as the song is attributed correctly with the magic words, Freddy’s Blues by Larry Heyl or Freddy’s Blues by Hairy Larry.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents The Joe Lee Combo Playing Don't Get Around Much Anymore
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-18
https://sbblues.com/2024/02/18/dj-hairy-larry-presents-the-joe-lee-combo-playing-dont-get-around-much-anymore/
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a jazz standard recorded live at Blues Fest.
Joe Lee was there at the beginning of Blues Fest in 1991 and he continued playing at Blues Fest for many years. There was this one time in 1998 when he brought Kenny Caldwell to play with him and I got to record some very fine jazz indeed.
Kenny Caldwell played with the Bill Black Combo. I only met him once, that day at Blues Fest, but some of my friends, Joy Sanford and Richard Murray, played in his band for his regular gig at the Holiday Inn. He was a jazz master guitarist, as good as anyone.
So getting to record him with Joe Lee was fantastic. Joe Lee was born in Inverness, Mississippi, but he spent most of his life in the Jonesboro area. He played with Mose Allison in Mississippi, was a top session man in Memphis, and then produced and recorded records at Fernwood working with Scotty Moore and Bill Black.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-18
https://sbblues.com/2024/02/18/dj-hairy-larry-presents-the-joe-lee-combo-playing-dont-get-around-much-anymore/
Thanks Marty, today we're going to hear a jazz standard recorded live at Blues Fest.
Joe Lee was there at the beginning of Blues Fest in 1991 and he continued playing at Blues Fest for many years. There was this one time in 1998 when he brought Kenny Caldwell to play with him and I got to record some very fine jazz indeed.
Kenny Caldwell played with the Bill Black Combo. I only met him once, that day at Blues Fest, but some of my friends, Joy Sanford and Richard Murray, played in his band for his regular gig at the Holiday Inn. He was a jazz master guitarist, as good as anyone.
So getting to record him with Joe Lee was fantastic. Joe Lee was born in Inverness, Mississippi, but he spent most of his life in the Jonesboro area. He played with Mose Allison in Mississippi, was a top session man in Memphis, and then produced and recorded records at Fernwood working with Scotty Moore and Bill Black.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents The Joe Lee Combo Playing Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-18
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz standard recorded live at Blues Fest.
Joe Lee was there at the beginning of Blues Fest in 1991 and he continued playing at Blues Fest for many years. There was this one time in 1998 when he brought Kenny Caldwell to play with him and I got to record some very fine jazz indeed.
Kenny Caldwell played with the Bill Black Combo. I only met him once, that day at Blues Fest, but some of my friends, Joy Sanford and Richard Murray, played in his band for his regular gig at the Holiday Inn. He was a jazz master guitarist, as good as anyone.
So getting to record him with Joe Lee was fantastic. Joe Lee was born in Inverness, Mississippi, but he spent most of his life in the Jonesboro area. He played with Mose Allison in Mississippi, was a top session man in Memphis, and then produced and recorded records at Fernwood working with Scotty Moore and Bill Black.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-18
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz standard recorded live at Blues Fest.
Joe Lee was there at the beginning of Blues Fest in 1991 and he continued playing at Blues Fest for many years. There was this one time in 1998 when he brought Kenny Caldwell to play with him and I got to record some very fine jazz indeed.
Kenny Caldwell played with the Bill Black Combo. I only met him once, that day at Blues Fest, but some of my friends, Joy Sanford and Richard Murray, played in his band for his regular gig at the Holiday Inn. He was a jazz master guitarist, as good as anyone.
So getting to record him with Joe Lee was fantastic. Joe Lee was born in Inverness, Mississippi, but he spent most of his life in the Jonesboro area. He played with Mose Allison in Mississippi, was a top session man in Memphis, and then produced and recorded records at Fernwood working with Scotty Moore and Bill Black.
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring Tony Williams, Vincent Holden, and Frank Zappa. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
The Tony Williams Lifetime – Believe It
Tony Williams
Frank Zappa – Make A Jazz Noise Here
Home
Vincent Holden – Taste Of Mud
archive.org/details/taste_of_mud
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
The Tony Williams Lifetime – Believe It
Tony Williams
Frank Zappa – Make A Jazz Noise Here
Home
Vincent Holden – Taste Of Mud
archive.org/details/taste_of_mud
This is Hairy Larry inviting you to enjoy Something Blue every Saturday night at ten. This week we’re featuring All Mighty Senators and Gordon Stone. For more about the show visit the Something Blue website at sbblues.com.
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
All Mighty Senators Live at the funk box on 2004-09-24
archive.org/details/ams2004-09-24
Gordon Stone Band Live at Higher Ground on 1999-01-30
archive.org/details/gsb1999-01-30
Don’t miss Something Blue, Saturday night at 10:00 PM CST, at kasu.org.
All Mighty Senators Live at the funk box on 2004-09-24
archive.org/details/ams2004-09-24
Gordon Stone Band Live at Higher Ground on 1999-01-30
archive.org/details/gsb1999-01-30
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Vincent Holden Playing Tomorrow Night
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-11
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear some blues fusion recorded at HairyLarryLand.
I’ve been jamming with Vincent Holden for years, at the Craighead Forest Bandshell, The Arts@311, Fireman’s Campground in Helena, Arkansas, and at HairyLarryLand. He’s a fantastic blues guitarist with deep Arkansas Roots, originally from West Helena but now living in Jonesboro.
I set up a recording session with him after I added the new studio onto the back of my house. I wanted to do all originals and what do you know, he had been writing some songs. We got together on October 7, 2019, for a very productive session. I called on Luke Reed to play drums and I’m on bass.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-11
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear some blues fusion recorded at HairyLarryLand.
I’ve been jamming with Vincent Holden for years, at the Craighead Forest Bandshell, The Arts@311, Fireman’s Campground in Helena, Arkansas, and at HairyLarryLand. He’s a fantastic blues guitarist with deep Arkansas Roots, originally from West Helena but now living in Jonesboro.
I set up a recording session with him after I added the new studio onto the back of my house. I wanted to do all originals and what do you know, he had been writing some songs. We got together on October 7, 2019, for a very productive session. I called on Luke Reed to play drums and I’m on bass.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Kyle Tims Playing Texas Flood
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-04
Thanks Marty. All the songs featured on From The Archives Of Something Blue have Arkansas Roots. The song we’ll hear today has quadruple roots.
Kyle Tims played for us many times at Blues Fest. I love all his shows but the ones I connect to most were played by his blues rock power trio. Playing with Kyle were James Salger, bass, and Johnny Churchwell, drums, all from Northeast Arkansas.
I was talking to Sonny Burgess, Doug Greeno, and Larry Donn, and they told me that Kyle’s father, Tommy Tims, was a rockabilly drummer back in the day. So that’s a double connection.
The song “Texas Flood” was a big hit for Stevie Ray Vaughan, a Texas bluesman. But the song was written by an Arkansas bluesman, Larry Davis, and the guitar parts that everybody loves to hear Stevie play were first played by an Arkansas guitarist, Fenton Robinson. That’s the quadruple connection.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-02-04
Thanks Marty. All the songs featured on From The Archives Of Something Blue have Arkansas Roots. The song we’ll hear today has quadruple roots.
Kyle Tims played for us many times at Blues Fest. I love all his shows but the ones I connect to most were played by his blues rock power trio. Playing with Kyle were James Salger, bass, and Johnny Churchwell, drums, all from Northeast Arkansas.
I was talking to Sonny Burgess, Doug Greeno, and Larry Donn, and they told me that Kyle’s father, Tommy Tims, was a rockabilly drummer back in the day. So that’s a double connection.
The song “Texas Flood” was a big hit for Stevie Ray Vaughan, a Texas bluesman. But the song was written by an Arkansas bluesman, Larry Davis, and the guitar parts that everybody loves to hear Stevie play were first played by an Arkansas guitarist, Fenton Robinson. That’s the quadruple connection.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Moores Code Playing Funky Palisades
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-01-21
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear from an old friend who brought his band to KASU Jazz Thursday.
I met Tim Moore jamming with Jazz Alliance when he was still in high school. He took two years in the Jazz Department at ASU and I worked with him on a variety of different projects. When he started the band, Caprice, I was there recording their recitals for Something Blue. And when Caprice decided to record an album they asked me to record it for them. The songs on that album, written by Tim and his brother, Brandon Moore, have been popular on KASU since it was released.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-01-21
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear from an old friend who brought his band to KASU Jazz Thursday.
I met Tim Moore jamming with Jazz Alliance when he was still in high school. He took two years in the Jazz Department at ASU and I worked with him on a variety of different projects. When he started the band, Caprice, I was there recording their recitals for Something Blue. And when Caprice decided to record an album they asked me to record it for them. The songs on that album, written by Tim and his brother, Brandon Moore, have been popular on KASU since it was released.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Paul Richardson Playing Autumn Leaves
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-01-14
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz standard recorded at KASU Jazz Thursday.
I always say, I like this song or this song is really great but today I’m going to let it all hang out. My favorite song is “Autumn Leaves”. Yes it has a great change and a poetic lyric about lost love. But the reason I love “Autumn Leaves” is the melody.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-01-14
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz standard recorded at KASU Jazz Thursday.
I always say, I like this song or this song is really great but today I’m going to let it all hang out. My favorite song is “Autumn Leaves”. Yes it has a great change and a poetic lyric about lost love. But the reason I love “Autumn Leaves” is the melody.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents PF Flyers Playing Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-01-07
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a John Hiatt song preformed by an Arkansas rock band at the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival.
Look, I’ve been knowing Scott Snellgrove and Sonny Hunt forever. They both helped with the bandshell project, Scott used to work with Joe Lee at Alley, and I recorded an album at Sonny’s Soundworks studio. They’ve both been playing music in Northeast Arkansas for over 50 years.
I met Grady McGwire and Eddie Ross when PF Flyers was featured at Bluesday Tuesday in Newport. They’re such a great band that I was thrilled to get to record them again on October 17, 2019, at the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival
in Dyess, Arkansas.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2024-01-07
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a John Hiatt song preformed by an Arkansas rock band at the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival.
Look, I’ve been knowing Scott Snellgrove and Sonny Hunt forever. They both helped with the bandshell project, Scott used to work with Joe Lee at Alley, and I recorded an album at Sonny’s Soundworks studio. They’ve both been playing music in Northeast Arkansas for over 50 years.
I met Grady McGwire and Eddie Ross when PF Flyers was featured at Bluesday Tuesday in Newport. They’re such a great band that I was thrilled to get to record them again on October 17, 2019, at the Johnny Cash Heritage Festival
in Dyess, Arkansas.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Bebop Beatniks Playing African Violet
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-12-31
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear some latin salsa recorded live at Blues Fest.
During the pandemic I missed performing so I started to live stream on Twitch. In 2021 I wrote “African Violet” and as soon as I was able to start playing with Bebop Beatniks again it quickly became a favorite. We started using it to open all of our shows.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-12-31
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to hear some latin salsa recorded live at Blues Fest.
During the pandemic I missed performing so I started to live stream on Twitch. In 2021 I wrote “African Violet” and as soon as I was able to start playing with Bebop Beatniks again it quickly became a favorite. We started using it to open all of our shows.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jazz Recital Band Playing Lady Bird
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-12-24
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to talk about and listen to the Mother’s Day Concert held at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on May 13, 2018.
Digging back through the archives I found this concert that we played on Mother’s Day in 2018. Four bands played, two student bands and two working bands and I was the bandleader for all four bands. So we had a beautiful afternoon at Craighead Forest Park and I got to showcase four acts I had been working with during the Spring Term in 2018.
We will be hearing the Tadd Dameron song, “Lady Bird” played by the Jazz Recital Band. Playing on the song are Timothy Gilbee – percussion, Alex Washam – percussion, Emily Lindley – vibes, Tyler Remagen – tenor, Chase Hoots – alto, Joseph Curtis – trumpet, Spencer Rawlins – bass, and Hairy Larry – piano. This was a student group joined by ASU graduate, Joseph Curtis.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-12-24
Thanks Marty. Today we’re going to talk about and listen to the Mother’s Day Concert held at the Craighead Forest Bandshell on May 13, 2018.
Digging back through the archives I found this concert that we played on Mother’s Day in 2018. Four bands played, two student bands and two working bands and I was the bandleader for all four bands. So we had a beautiful afternoon at Craighead Forest Park and I got to showcase four acts I had been working with during the Spring Term in 2018.
We will be hearing the Tadd Dameron song, “Lady Bird” played by the Jazz Recital Band. Playing on the song are Timothy Gilbee – percussion, Alex Washam – percussion, Emily Lindley – vibes, Tyler Remagen – tenor, Chase Hoots – alto, Joseph Curtis – trumpet, Spencer Rawlins – bass, and Hairy Larry – piano. This was a student group joined by ASU graduate, Joseph Curtis.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents Jazz Alliance Playing What Is This Thing Called Love?
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-12-17
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz standard first recorded in 1929 recorded for Something Blue at The Edge Coffeehouse in 2009.
Cole Porter wrote “What Is This Thing Called Love?” for the musical “Wake Up and Dream”. Ben Bernie and Fred Rich had jazz hits on the song in 1930 and the covers just kept on coming including versions by James Johnson, Artie Shaw, Les Paul, Dave Brubeck, Cannonball Adderly, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Clifford Brown.
Well, since I unearthed this 2009 Jazz Alliance version we can add them to the list. Recorded live on June 11, 2009, they closed their show with a fantastic version of this jazz classic.
This was an unusual show for Jazz Alliance because they were playing with a quintet featuring two horns, Ron Horton on trumpet and Corey Emerson, trombone. Also playing were Craig Collison, vibes; David Eckert, bass; and Mike Overall, drums.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-12-17
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear a jazz standard first recorded in 1929 recorded for Something Blue at The Edge Coffeehouse in 2009.
Cole Porter wrote “What Is This Thing Called Love?” for the musical “Wake Up and Dream”. Ben Bernie and Fred Rich had jazz hits on the song in 1930 and the covers just kept on coming including versions by James Johnson, Artie Shaw, Les Paul, Dave Brubeck, Cannonball Adderly, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Clifford Brown.
Well, since I unearthed this 2009 Jazz Alliance version we can add them to the list. Recorded live on June 11, 2009, they closed their show with a fantastic version of this jazz classic.
This was an unusual show for Jazz Alliance because they were playing with a quintet featuring two horns, Ron Horton on trumpet and Corey Emerson, trombone. Also playing were Craig Collison, vibes; David Eckert, bass; and Mike Overall, drums.
DJ Hairy Larry Presents John Shepherd Playing Blues Train
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-12-10
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an original blues song recorded right here in Jonesboro at HairyLarryLand.
There are two stories that go with this song. John Shepherd was a Blues Fest regular playing every year with his band. Then one year he started his set solo, with just guitar and vocals, before he brought his band onstage. Vivian commented on how much she liked the solo part of his set so I talked to John about doing an album that way, just guitar and vocals. We recorded the album on February 21, 2009 and March 21, 2009.
Now for the second story. When John showed up for the session he came in carrying a guitar case. When he opened the case he pulled out a Pignose amp.
That’s right, the amp fit right in the guitar case. The Pignose is a battery powered guitar amp that delivers 3 watts of pure blues power. As you will hear John could make it walk and talk.
From The Archives Of Something Blue 2023-12-10
Thanks Marty, today we’re going to hear an original blues song recorded right here in Jonesboro at HairyLarryLand.
There are two stories that go with this song. John Shepherd was a Blues Fest regular playing every year with his band. Then one year he started his set solo, with just guitar and vocals, before he brought his band onstage. Vivian commented on how much she liked the solo part of his set so I talked to John about doing an album that way, just guitar and vocals. We recorded the album on February 21, 2009 and March 21, 2009.
Now for the second story. When John showed up for the session he came in carrying a guitar case. When he opened the case he pulled out a Pignose amp.
That’s right, the amp fit right in the guitar case. The Pignose is a battery powered guitar amp that delivers 3 watts of pure blues power. As you will hear John could make it walk and talk.